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Secrets of theSecrets of the

Prayer ShawlPrayer Shawl

PROF.M.M.N INANROF.M.M.N INAN


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What is a tallit?

The Lord said to Moses as follows:

Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for

themselves fringes (Tzitzit ) on the corners (Kanphei ) oftheir garments throughout the ages


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What is a tallit?

You shall make tassels on the four

corners of the garment with which youcover yourself.

Deuteronomy 22:12
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagem:Tzitzit.jpg


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What is a tallit?

so that you do not follow your heart and eyes in your lustful urge. Thus you

shall be reminded to observe all my commandments and to be holy to your

God. I the Lord am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be

your God: I, the Lord your God

Numbers 15:37-40

That shall be your fringe;

look at it and recall

all the commandments of the

Lord

and observe them,


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"I am here enwrapping myself in this fringed robe, in fulfillment of the

command of my Creator, as it is written in the Torah, they shall make them

a fringe upon the corners of their garments throughout their generations.

And even as I cover myself with the tallit in this world, so may my soul

deserve to be clothed with a beauteous spiritual robe in the World to Come,in the garden of Eden."


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TAL meaning tent

and

ITH meaning little.
http://www.tallit.biz/item/259_43/Prima_A.A_Tallit


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Mat 6:6 But when you pray,

go into your room

and shut the door

and pray to your Father who is in secret;

and your Father who sees in secret will reward you..


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Prayer Closet


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Prayer Closet


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The Little Tent - complete

Tallit, Tephillin, Yamulke

The Tallit is a prayer

shawl.

The Tephillin are

two small boxes

with leather

straps attached

to them.

yarmulke,yarmulke,

(skullcap, kippah)(skullcap, kippah)

is a small capis a small cap


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Kippah (a skull cap) Kippah to remind him that

he is always duty bound to follow the laws of God

at all times and in all places.

Tallit (a prayer shawl) The fringes on the shawl remind

him of the many commandments of the Torah.

Tefilin (small leather box with long leather straps attached

Inside the boxes are passages from the scriptures.

A tefilin on the forehead

remind the Jew toconcentrate on the

teachings of the Torah

with all your full mind.

A tefilin on the left arm is a

reminder to keep God's laws

with all your heart, because

it is near to the heart.


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One should not walk bare-headed (the

distance of) four cubits Shulchan

Aruch, Oracn Chayim, chapter 2


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Yarmulke

yammica

yerai malka"(fear of or respect for The King).

Jews covered their heads

to show that they were

servants of G-d.


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Phylacteries - Tefllin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shelyad1.jpg


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The scrolls are strips of

parchment upon which are

inscribed four passages from theTorah:

1) Kadesh (Exodus 13:1-10)

2) VeHayah Ki Yeviacha (Exodus

13:11-16)

3) The Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-

9)

4) VeHayah Im Shamoa

(Deuteronomy 11:13-21)

The passages are hand-written by a

scribe with certified kosher black ink.


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Birkhot hamitzvot:Blessings recited prior

to performing certain mitzvot

(commandments)Barukh ata adonai

Blessed are You, Lord

Eloheinu melekh ha'olam

Our God, Ruler of the universe

Asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav,

Who has sanctified us with God's

commandments,

V'tzivanu l'hit'ateif batzitzit.

And has commanded us to wrap ourselves in

fringes.


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Out of Egypt

Egyptians wore as little as possible


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The dress of the nomads


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Roman Toga

Non-citizens were forbidden to wear a toga.
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Womens dress consisted of TUNICA (underdress),

STOLA (overdress),

and PALLA (wrap).

Roman Stola


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The arba kanfots


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A tallis gadol (Large Tallis)

"Bless Adonai, O my soul. Adonai, My God, You are very great, You are clothed in

glory and majesty. You have wrapped yourself with a garment of light, spreading out

the heavens like a curtain.":

The mystical interpretation of the covering shawl is the representation of the coveringof glory of God on man.


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Chuppah in Weddings

Gen 2:24 Therefore a man leaves his fatherand his mother and cleaves to his wife, and

they become one flesh
http://www.orgsites.com/ga/congregationlevadonai/Chuppah.jpg


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Chuppah in Weddings

Therefore a man leaves hisworld and cleaves to Christ,

and they become one flesh


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Chuppah in Weddings

Therefore a man leaves his world and cleaves to

Christ, and they become one flesh


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John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have giventhem; that they may be one, even as we are one:

Joh 17:21 that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art

in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us

Triple order of oneness


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Blue is like sea,

Sea is like sky

Sky is like the Throne of the Lord.

let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner.

"iakinthos"


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"iakinthos" of

Murex Snails

Lost BlueLost Blue
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/Wool_techelet.jpg


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The blue was only obtained from the

hypobranchial gland of a Murex marine snail

that only lives in deep water in the

Mediterranean.
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This color

Royal Bluewas used in the ecclesiastical authority and in

the temple where authority was involved.Thus we see them in:

Curtains of the tabernacle.

Exo 26:1 "Moreover you shall make the

tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twinedlinen and blue and purple and scarlet stuff

The veil of the ark.

Exo 26:31 "And you shall make a veil of blueand purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined

linen


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The screen of the door of

the Tent of Meeting.

Exo 26:36 "And you shall make a screenfor the door of the tent, of blue and purple

and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen,

embroidered with needlework.

The Ephod of the Priest

Exo 28:6 And they shall make the ephod

of gold, of blue and purple and scarletstuff, and of fine twined linen, skilfully

worked


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Headdress of the Priest

Exo 28:37 And you shall fasten it

on the turban by a lace of blue; itshall be on the front of the turban.

Girdle of the Priest

Exo 39:29 and the girdle of fine

twined linen and of blue and purple

and scarlet stuff, embroidered with

needlework;
http://www.rabbiriddle.org/rabbi-riddle/index.html


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Tying the Tzitzit


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Comparison of

Ashkenazivs.

Sephardi

Note the difference in the number

and style of the winds.

Two Styles


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Sephardic style

Chassidic style


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Symbolisms in the Knots and Windings

five Books of Moses

5 knots

FIVE words of the Shema.

The last word, Echad, is represented by thewindings between the knots.

Hear Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One


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Each Tzitzit is made from 8 strings,

7 white and one blue.

'Seven' is the number representing perfection in

the physical realm.

'Eight', therefore, transcends the physical realmand symbolizes a direct link to the spiritual realm.

E h f 8 t i i k tt d 5 ti t f T it it


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Each group of 8 strings is knotted 5 times to form a Tzitzit

Each of the 4 tzitzit have 8 strings, making a total of 32 strings.

Thirty-two

is the numeric value of the Hebrew word for

"HEART".

The tzitzit's loose strings

represent

God's 'heart strings'.


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613 mitzvot

(Commandments)

"Taryag mitzvot

248 are mitzvot aseh ("positive commandments")

and

365 are mitzvot lo taaseh ("negative commandments").

These tassels are tied into 613 knots


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613 mitzvot (Commandments)

" Taryag mitzvot

There are 248 limbs

and

365 sinews

in the human body


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12 strings(6 for Judah & 6 for Ephraim).

All strings begin woven together

into 7 braids,

representing the unified House.

The Houses are then split,again with 7 braids each.

The two Houses are then woven

back together again into 7 braids

representing the re-unification of

the two Houses.


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The dead are wrapped in it when they are buried.

After a ritual washing of the body ,the body is dressed in a kittel

(shroud)

and then a tallit.

One of the tzitzitis then cut off.

Matthew 9:20-22


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Matthew 9:20 22

and touched the hem of his garment:


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Proof of Resurrection:

Jesus folded his Tallit

when he arose from the dead.


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Proof of Resurrection:

Jesus folded his Tallit

when he arose from the dead.

T h d Ch


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Torah under Chuppa

N b 15 38 th d t l t d b d i


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Numbers 15:38 the word translated border or corner is a

Hebrew word which can also be translated wings

Ezekiel 16:8, , "and I spread my wing over thee, and

covered thy nakedness,"

Psalm 91 "abide under the shadow of the Almighty " and

"under His wings."

R th A d B


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Ruth And Boaz

"I am Ruth, your maidservant, spread your skirt over

your maidservant, for you are next of kin" (Ruth 3:9).


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When David spared Saul's life

Elijah passed his mantle on to Elisha


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Elijah passed his mantle on to Elisha


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When the prophet Zechariah foretold that ten men will take

hold of the skirt of a Jew and say "we will go with you"

(Zech. 8:23), why should they take hold of his skirt?

T lith C i


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Talitha Cumi


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"Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, You

are very great; You have clothed Yourself with

majesty and glory. You cover with light like a

garment, stretch out the heavens like a hanging."


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Two worlds, The Spiritual and the Physical.


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extending eternal reality to

include also physical existence.



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include also physical existence.

creation: extending eternal reality to include also physical existence


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Th S i it l d M t i l R l M t


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The Spiritual and Material Realms Meet


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Tallitand

Tzitzit

in

Christianity


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Papal Stole and Cap


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Vestment


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Middle age Monks & NunsMiddle age Monks & Nuns


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Orthodox


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Anglican Ordination


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Anglican Stole
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